Slightly fewer Americans plan to watch the Olympics this summer, but more than ever feel it’s important for the United States to come out on top.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 49% of American Adults are at least somewhat likely to watch a large portion of the Summer Olympics coverage on television. Fifty percent (50%) say they are unlikely to tune in. These figures include 25% who are Very Likely to watch the London-based event and 19% who are Not At All Likely to watch. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

This national survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on June 28-29, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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